Word: runnerup
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...Oakland Hills with the brand of golf needed to take the Monster's measure, it was Gene Littler, 30, a sandy-haired, ham-handed ex-sailor from La Jolla, Calif. A reserved, coldly efficient man dubbed "Gene the Machine" and "Stone Face." he was runnerup in the 1954 Open. But then he went into a disastrous slump, and had yet to redeem his promise. Out of play with a rib injury early this year, he had not won a tournament, but he was slowly regaining his old style and steadily perfecting his putting...